India, June 11 -- Mexico City buzzed with explosive media fireworks when FIFA President Gianni Infantino found himself on the back foot due to a probing barrage of questions from BBC sports editor Dan Roan on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Addressing a tense press conference on the very brink of the FIFA World Cup 2026 opener, Infantino was put firmly under the spotlight for numerous travel visa rejections. At the core of the breakdown in FIFA's organisation lay host nation immigration procedures, underscored by the high-profile deportation of revered Somali referee Omar Artan from Miami International Airport at the beginning of this week.

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